Shoe heel



Jul 14, 1925. 1,545,966

W. L. LAWRENCE SHOE HEEL Filed Oct. 9, 1923 IN VEN TOR WL.Lau/renw BY jZ W ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L." LAWRENCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE HEEL.

Application filed October 9, 1923. Serial No, 687,442.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. LAW- ImNoE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Heels,of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide a shoe heel composed oftwo parts, a main body and an auxiliary part which may be readilyattached in place after the original portion has been removed from themain enlarged pockets body.

Another object is to provide a shoe heel, the rear corner of which hasan inclined surface upon which a second member may be attached after theoriginal has been worn down.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below,in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts of thedrawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ashoe inverted in order to show my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view thru the shoe heel.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the main body of the shoe heel withthe rear portion detached.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the rear portion of the heelwith. the attack ing lugs thereon.

Referring in detail to the drawing,the numeral .10 indicates the sole ofa shoe at the rear end of which a heel 11 is mounted. The heel on theusual shoe is generally topped with a rubber body 12 which has a flange13 on its under side, said flange fitting snugly into a smaller recessformed within the body 11 of the heel. This type of rubber heel does notrequire nails for securing the rubber body 12 in place, as the flange 13serves to retain said body in place upon the heel 11. The rear portionof a rubber heel is worn down much more quickly than the remainder'ofthe same, and for this reason I provide my heel with an inclined surface15 at its rear end. Projecting downwardly from this surface, holes ofuare 01 any other shape desired, are provi ed and are indicated by thenumeral 16. The lower p ditionalheel member substantiallytrianguportions of the openings are provided with 17, t e purpose ofwhich the incline surfaces the openin 'tangular in outline, the open n15, and when in mounted position, tops the cut-away portion of the heelbody 12 and forms a rectangular body therewith. A pair of lugs 18 ofsimilar shape as the openlngs 16, project upwardly from the inclinedsur-- face 17 and have enlarged heads 19.

As previously stated, the heel wears down more quickly at the rear end,and for this reason my heel is particularly adaptable. The main body ofmy heel is preferably molded in the shape shown in Figure 3 with theinclined surface 15 and the openings communicating with the inclinedface thereon. The additional portion ofthe heel 2 0 is designed to bemounted upon the body 12 when the latter has had its previous andsimilar member worn completely off. In order to mount member 20 upon thebody 12, the surfaces 15 and17 are treated'with a rubber cement orsimilar compound, and the lugs 18 are inserted into their res ectiveopenings 16. In urging the hea s 19 of said lugs into the openings, theheads will be slightly compressed until they arrive at the pocket 16,when they will again assume their normal positiontherein. It may bereadily seen that one of the advantages of this type of heel is thatsaid heel may be repaired while the shoe is on the foot and no skill isrequired by the repairer, as the only operation required is to cover theadjacent surfaces of members 12 and 15 with a cement substance and thenurge the lugs into their openings. By treading on the heel after thisoperation has been completed, member 20 will assume its correct positionon body 12 and no additional care is required.

A heel com risin a rubber body, means for securing t e rub r body to theshoe, an inclined surface atthe rear of said heel, the cut-out portionbounded by the inclined and tread surface of the heel body beinsubstantially triangular in cross section, said heel havin openingsvcommunicating with being reehaving ockets formed at their lower en anadlar in cross section, one of the surfaces of'the additional memberbeing adapted to lie on the inclined surface of the heel body, lugsintegral with the additional member projecting from one surface of saidadditional 6 member, the lugs being engageable in the openings of theheel body, heads on said lugs, the latter being adapted to beretained insaid pockets, said heads retaining the additional heel member securelyupon the inclined surface of the heel body the addi- 10 tional heelmember being removable by removing the lugs from the openings.

In testimony whereof I afllx my signature.

WILLIAM L. LAWRENCE.

